Hideo Kanaya

Hideo Kanaya (Shinjitai: 金谷秀夫, Hideo Kanaya), (February 3, 1945 – December 19, 2013^[1]) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan. Kanaya began his Grand Prix career in 1967 and won his first Grand Prix at the 1972 250cc German Grand Prix. In 1972, Kanaya and Jarno Saarinen raced the first four-cylinder, two-stroke Yamaha TZ 500 in the 500cc world championship. After Saarinen's death in the 250cc race at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, the TZ 500 project was put aside and Kanaya raced only in the 250cc class. Kanaya's best season was in 1975, when he finished third in the 500cc world championship behind his Yamaha team-mate, Giacomo Agostini and MV Agusta's Phil Read.^[2] He also won the Macau Grand Prix in 1975.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

Points system from 1950 to 1968:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1969 onwards:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Rank	Wins
1967	125cc	Kawasaki	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	CAN -	JPN 3	4	12th	0
1972	250cc	Yamaha	GER 1	FRA 3	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED 10	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	26	11th	1
	350cc	Yamaha	GER 3	FRA -	AUT 2	NAT 5	IOM -	YUG 4	NED 6		DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	41	8th	0
	500cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED -	BEL 4	DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	8	22nd	0
1973	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 2	AUT 2	GER 2	IOM -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -			36	7th	0
1973	500cc	Yamaha	FRA 3	AUT 2	GER -	IOM -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -			22	8th	0
1975	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP 3	AUT 1	GER -	NAT -	IOM -	NED -			FIN -	CZE -	YUG -		25	10th	1
1975	500cc	Yamaha	FRA 2		AUT 1	GER 4	NAT 3	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -			45	3rd	1

References

↑ Porta, Alberto (December 20, 2013). "Il Motomondiale piange Kanaya" (in Italian). Mediaset. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
↑ Hideo Kanaya career statistics at MotoGP.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hiroyuki Kawasaki	Macau Motorcyle Grand Prix Winner 1975	Succeeded by Chas Mortimer

Persondata
Name	Kanaya, Hideo
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese motorcycle racer
Date of birth	February 3, 1945
Place of birth
Date of death	December 19, 2013
Place of death

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